Basketball only?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

When I was in college I used to take my dates to a parking spot at the beach to referee the submarine races that the Navy held there every Friday, and Saturday, night. No pay, but it was worth the effort, if you know what I mean.

Did you call reaches and over the back, or did she just call the cops and have you arrested for illegal use of hands?

[Hugh Refner]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Did you call reaches and over the back, or did she just call the cops and have you arrested for illegal use of hands?

Actually, he probably wanted a blarge.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

Did you call reaches and over the back, or did she just call the cops and have you arrested for illegal use of hands?

I officiate basketball (H.S. and youth age since 1971 to the present; women's college from 1974 to 2008; men's college from 1993- to present; USA Basketball/FIBA from 1993 to 2003).

I umpire H.S. (and youth age) baseball (1993 to the present).

I umpire H.S. (and ASA, USSSA) fastpitch softball (1993 to the present).

I offciated that un-American sport of H.S. futbol, , from 1993 to 2006 (and USSA/FIFA from 1993 to 1997).

Basketball will always be my first sport, but I really wish that I had taken up umpiring baseball about 20 years sooner becuase I really enjoy it almost as much as I do officiating basketball.

MTD, Sr.


P.S. Mark, Jr., has been officiating basketball and umpiring baseball since 2007 and has been umpiring ASA and USSSA fastpitch softball since 2007.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I officiate basketball (H.S. and youth age since 1971 to the present; MTD, Sr.

Mark (love that name), I've got you slightly beat on earliest officiating date since I worked that park district kids baseball program starting in the summer of 1962 (when I was 13). However, I only did it for three summers. I remember one manager named "Tubby". He was about 20 and one of his younger brothers played on his team. One game, I had to explain the infield fly rule to him after a call and the entire time he was eating licorice and kept slobbering with it dribbling down his shirt. It kind of set the tone for my future impressions of coaches.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

I really wish that I had taken up umpiring baseball about 20 years sooner because I really enjoy it almost as much as I do officiating basketball.

99 degrees in the shade? Wind blown dust in your face? Sitting out thunderstorms in the dugout? Games with no clock that go on for hours, and hours? Getting sunburned in extra inning games? Coaches spitting tobacco juice on your shoes? Fans, including the cop behind the backstop, threatening to, "Kill the umpire"? Oh yeah? Sure sounds like a picnic in the park to me?